The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced that it is seeking applications for membership on its Fintech Advisory Committee (FAC). According to the official release, members will be selected on the basis of...

Barclaycard, a credit card and payment services provider and a division of Barclays, has announced its plans to explore the benefits of self-sovereign identity (SSI). Self-sovereign identity is the concept to enable...

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates, is collaborating with tech giant IBM as it seeks to leverage blockchain technology. Using the IBM blockchain, ADNOC...

Voting is yet another area where firms and governments are heavily exploring the potential of blockchain technology. The key objective of almost all of these efforts is to enhance confidence in the voting process by...

Four European banking giants, Commerzbank, ING, Natixis, and Rabobank, along with enterprise blockchain software firm R3, have successfully executed a live commercial paper transaction on the Euro Debt Solution application...

The Universal Protocol Alliance, a coalition of blockchain organizations formed in August 2018, and crypto lending startup Cred are joining the board of the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition (BAC) to provide education and...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is interested in blockchain solutions that would enhance anti-forgery and counterfeiting capabilities for digital documentation. On these lines, the DHS Science and...

Swiss Post and Swisscom, Switzerlands state-owned postal and telecom services, respectively, have teamed up to build infrastructure for blockchain applications in Switzerland. Based on the Hyperledger Fabric2 software,...

Enterprise blockchain solutions provider R3 has launched a new application that will help Corda users settle transactions. Called Corda Settler, the new CorDapp will allow payment obligations arising on the Corda...